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4/18/07

Happy 6th birthday to US  US-Aircraft.com is 6 today.  so I suppose that means we have reached toddler status!!!  To celebrate, we have rearranged the front page to give it a slightly better look, and eliminated the old bulletin boards.  I wish to thank everyone for their patronage, and continued support. - cheers! Mike

1/6/07

You asked for it, we finally got to it, and figured it out.  As you all have been following, the issues with the old boards have been long and arduous.  We have launched a New General Discussion Board.  There are a few issues still I personally would like to see fixed, such as a way to return to US-Aircraft.com from the new board format.  I will have to figure out how to do that, but this SHOULD fix our SPAM problems.  I encourage all of you to register, then let fly with questions, comments, and good old fashioned hangar talk and conversation.  At the moment, I have set the registration requirements to a bare minimum, however, I can choose the level of registration to the extent that I would personally have to approve each registrant, if needed, before they can post.  Let's hope we don't have to go to that extent.  This SHOULD,  however, keep the spiders from crawling all over us.  Once we have tested it, and generally decided to call it good, or not, I believe we can use it as a portal to all the boards from looking at the admin features I have tested so far.  So pull on up a chair, and lets enjoy that fellowship, research, and discussion we all enjoy - cheers!  Mike

12/705

Today, December 7, 2005, we take a moment to honor those that gave their lives on this day in 1941, at Pearl Harbor.  Today, my friend Natahn Milarta shall be hosting a day on the General Discussion Board about all things Pearl Harbor including the opportunity to speak with a Veteran from the Pearl Harbor raid.  Definitely check it out, and a huge Tally HO! to Nathan.

5/26/05

OK, it's been a while, but we have made some minor updates which include a new Monthly topic on the Monthly Topic Page.  This time it is the Pacific Theater of Operations.  Obviously also we have had a few attacks upon the pages this month by some incredibly annoaying bots.  We are working with Dave Pluth to rid us of these pests.  Please bear with us, as we fix things, and keep right on discussing the issues of Military history near and dear to your heart.  Also you will notice that I raitonalized the main page, so things are not as spread out, or convoluted.  I hope this will ease navigation.  If time allows, I shall get some additional updates completed soon.  Cheers - Mike

9/6/04

So, what happens when the guy in the cubicle next to you happens to be a semi professional photographer, and mentions he is going to the Pima Air Museum in Arizona?  You ask him to bring back LOTS of photos!!!!  Richard Leek of Rich Photos did exactly that for us, and the results are outstanding.  If you have never been to this museum, then here is a photo tour of Pima, and the treasures it holds.  Thanks Richard.  The Leek Collection - Part II (Pima Air Museum Photos)  KUDOS must also go out to our esteemed webmistress Tanya for getting all the photos reformatted into something that would work for us on the website.  It was a very long and tasking enterprise, taking a LOT of time.  Thanks Tanya.  Now that the days of summer are drawing to a close here in the USA, you will see more updates once again.  I hope everyone enjoys the new material as much as we enjoy getting on the pages to you.  Cheers - Mike

8/24/04

So here we are once more.  US-Aircraft.com obviously took a bit of time this summer to slow down, and collect our breath.  It was nice to have a vacation from the updates, and it gave us to look at some of the submissions we have received to start getting them ready for you to enjoy.  There will be minor changes coming soon to the sections on the site, and some of the older material is going to go away.  So if you like the Airshow photos, and the like, download them now!!  Essentially, the walk arounds, and the galleries are not going away anytime soon, but we want to rotate some of the content to keep it fresh, new and exciting.  Coming soon are some more great feature photo shoots that I beleive will blow you away.  I know I quite enjoyed them when we recieved them.  Welcome back from summer break, and to get things started, we bring you a selection of the summer's AMS Chronicals.  Here are the one and only Denver IPMS Newsletters  for June, July and August.  I hope you enjoy them as much as we all do. Cheers - Mike & Tanya

5/15/04

Today we bring you the latest creation from Clint Bauer, this is an F4U-1 from VF-17 .  A great rendition of one of the aircraft other than Ira Kepford's Aircraft.  Well Done Clint.

4/6/04

 Here we are again.  Thanks to our esteemed webmistress Tanya, we have more stuff.  Tonight Igor Svetlov from Darmstadt Germany presents to us his Dragon/Hasagawa Lockheed P-38J-5 Lightning  Now at first blush this is great work, and enough to persuade at me never to enter a contest aginast him, but then once you realize this is in 1/72nd scale, all you can say is that Igor is a Genius!!!!  This is incredible work.  Great Job Igor!!!    Cheers - Mike

4/5/04

Tonight brings us back from a month of getting other stuff done.  Soccer has started, and the International Speech Contest.  (I choked at the Division Level....)  Seriously though as spring comes on, the outdoor activities increase, but the updates roll on .  We bring you tonight the next 2 editions of the A.M.S. Chronicle.  Here are the March and the April Editions.  A word of note, the April edition starts US-Aircraft.com down the path of PDF for the AMS Chronicle, so if you do not have Adobe, I would suggest that you download it for free.  It is not that bad a program.  I urge a bit of caution.  While PDF files take up less space, they do take a while longer to load.  Please be patient.  Upcoming we will have some fantastic stuff, Some of the gallery submissions are fantastic, and we have some really great amatuer/professional photographers that are going to be providing us with more material, so stayed tuned!!!

2/26/04

Our esteemed webmistress Tanya has been working overtime to keep us in new material.  3 cheers!!!  Huzzah!!!  Today we update the Denver IPMS pages.  The January edition, and the February edition are now available.  Check out the photos in the February edition of the A.M.S. Chronicle.  Congratulations to all who placed in the contest.  If your wondering, yes Justin is my 1:1 scale copy.  If you look closely, you may even see "yers truly" in one photo.  Cheers - Mike

2/24/04    

Good Evening....Final awesome additions to the Steve Lawson Gallery Part 3! Pfalz D.III    Siemens Schuckert D.III  Early Production     Siemens Schuckert D.III Late Production   I don't think there is much else I can say.  Steve is a master with the World War One aircraft, and has the expert knowledge to back it up.  I hope that you have enjoyed these.  some not as well known aerial entries into the arena of battle from a time now long ago, and when combat was not at the speed of sound.  Cheers Mike and Tanya

2/23/04    

Good Evening....More awesome additions to the Steve Lawson Gallery Part 3!  Tonight after much in the way of showing the German side of the war in the air during the Great War (World War I)  Steve has tackled in great style and finess the Allied Aircraft.  To start tonights' fare, He brings us the famous Sopwith Camel.  the first one a Camel F1 that served as a night fighter, and served a key component of symbology to a very popular comic book hero that started in the 1930s.  Next is a Sopwith Camel F1E that takes attractive livery to new levels.  The next aircraft addressed served as the imputus to the dreaded Fokker DR1.  The Sopwith Triplane was first, and gave the Germans a difficult aircraft to deal with.  The First Sopwith Triplane is one from the RNAS.  The Second is a rare Russian Sopwith Triplane  Read the history of this one it is quite interesting.  Finally, the plane of choice for the French pilot.  The Nieuport.  Steve has done a supurb Nieuport 11c as used by the Italian Regina Aeronautica.  Next is perhaps the most famous of the Nieuport's is Charles Nussenger's Nieuport 17c.  The final and perhaps best of the Nieuports then is represented by this fine buldup of Eduard's Nieuport 24 as used by the 31st Aero Sqd.  I want to thank the Awesome one again for his fantastic work, and for his patience in getting these up, and our Webmistress for doing a fantastic job.  3 cheers for Mr. Lawson!  3 cheers for Tanya

Cheers - Mike

 2/18/04    

Good Evening all, Sure it has been a while, but we are back on the update trail.  To start this year of 2004 correctly, we once again bring you some new photos from the "perfessor"  The one we call "awsome"....MAN he HATES when I call him that!!!  Anyways, the Awesome one himself is back with a new gallery, the Steve Lawson Gallery Part 3  You may have noticed on the front index page, we have taken off the immediate link to the Pearl Harbor Gallery.  Not to worry, the photos are still available under the modeller's gallery, so you can still enjoy the fine work by those who want to honor the brave men of that terrible time.  I hope you will find some of the changes you are going to see over the next few weeks and months assist your web cruising within the US-aircraft.com world.  Cheers - Mike and Tanya

12/17/03  The 100th Anniversary of Powered Flight

Hello, and welcome to our very special "100th Anniversary of Flight" edition of the US-Aircraft.com update!  Today we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the very first heavier than air flight.  Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1903 after painstaking research built an aircraft, and conducted a flight that lasted seconds.  The reverberations of those seconds, however, will last for all time.  Since the 1903 flight, perhaps one of the top three most important events of the 20th Century, we have gone from wing warping to supersonic flight, and beyond.  Today we bring you a little bit of both ends of the spectrum.  Our first walk around today features the Burgess Wright Model B.  This 1911 Burgess Wright Model B Flyer is a full size replica of the first production airplane ever built. To represent the cutting edge of technological aircraft triumph, we feature a full walk around including the engines that thrust the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird into history as the fastest aircraft of all time (that we know of...). Flight has captured mankind's imagination since time immemorial, and we here at US-Aircraft.com are pleased to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of powered flight with all of you.  Cheers - Mike & Tanya.

12/16/03

Good Evening.  Tonight we join in the international Centurion celebration of the Wright Brothers first flight.  On December 17th 1903 two bicycle making brothers launched a heavier than air craft that stayed airborne, and flew from Kittyhawk, North Carolina.  100 years later we have gone from 30 second flights with wing warping technology to Space, and to our Earthen Satellite, the Moon. To launch the Celebration of flight here at US-Aircraft.com, I present to you some of the best photographs from the Airpower West's summer air shows.  Not all the aircraft featured are from Airpower West, but where Airpower West performed, and were present at shows such as Longmont, CO, Jefferson County Airport, CO, and Alamosa Colorado to name a few.  The No. 28 T-28 is a Veteran of the Vietnam War, and some aircraft pictured, need no introduction.  Without further ado, Let us kick off the celebration in freestyle the Century of Flight with the best of the 2003 Air Show Season.    

12/7/03

Good Evening.  Tonight, we observe the 62nd anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.  Remember Pearl Harbor, and all those who died in the struggle to bring the light back to the world in those days.  First, an aircraft type that was present at the attack is examined.  We present for you a walk around of a  Consolidated PBY5A Catalina.  To continue the tradition, US-Aircraft.com's favorite son, Mr. Nathan Milarta has written a review of the pivotal work Fire in the Sky by Eric M. Bergerud.  This is a in depth, and scholarly work which looks at the air war in the South Pacific theater.  Lastly in the research section an article by Michael Gawell entitled Doomed from the Start looks at the errors committed by the Japanese, and makes the case that the Imperial Japanese Military was decidedly wanting in it's ability to conduct a war of aggression.  Have a good evening, enjoy, and as always, Please Remember Pearl Harbor. - Mike and Tanya.

12/2/03

If you need to catch up on your reading, tonight we bring to you a few of past issues of the AMS Chronicle  Nov 2003 Denver Chapter IPMS Newsletter and the Dec 2003 Denver Chapter IPMS Newsletter.

11/28/03

Good Evening, and a belated Happy Thanksgiving to all.  I know it has been a while since a regular update, The pause was needed by the staff here at US-aircraft.com.  A lot has been going on (interesting stuff mind you...) I wanted to start back with something really special, and of interest.  We bring to you vintage photographs of a time when the world was in turmoil, but not in open warfare.  A time called the Cold War.  I am honored to be able to publish here photos directly from Major (ret.) Frank J. Gawell's personal collection from his time serving in the United States Air Force.  These photos cover some of the most tense moments during the Cold War, and beyond.  Most of these are never before published photos of second line, and not so famous aircraft.  First here are photos from the Berlin, Congo & Cuban Missile Crises of 1961.  Also in tonight's update we proudly give to you, The U.S. Air Force, circa 1961. These are everyday photos taken at a time when history was being forged.  Three Cheers to the Green Weasels of the 774th TC, and a huge thank you to both Maj. Gawell, as well as all of you for being so patient. - cheers - Mike and Tanya

11/14/03

I have updated the Links Page taking out some of the dead links and putting in some new and interesting ones that have come to my attention.  I hope you enjoy some of our new ones, but don't forget to always come home to US-aircraft.com.  Cheers - Mike.

11/12/03

Hello all, sorry for the absence.  Soccer, and other things such as coaching have intruded upon the updates of the website.  We have some things lines up, and they will be up shortly.  To start a new round of updates, first I would like to introduce the new topic of the month, World War One Aviation.  The birthplace of all modern combat aviation started in these years, and it is to these years 1914-1918 we now turn for discussion.  Cheers - Mike

9/19/03

IPMS September 2003 newsletter

7/23/03

Tonight, just a small update, but a LOT of good information, The August edition of the A.M.S. Chronicle  is here for your reading pleasure. This is the offical news letter of the Denver/ Wolf Chapter of the IPMS - Cheers - Mike

7/21/03 

Good evening.  Tonight we wrap up our week (plus or minus) of foreign and adversarial aircraft.  We have updated, and made a complete walk-around with over 20 photos for the Tupolev TU-2.  While it is doubtful, from talking to the owners, that it shall ever fly again, it is a fairly complete aircraft, and definitely a treasure to behold.  This TU-2 was pulled from a cave in China.  Continuing with a VVS Theme in the Modeler's Gallery, Michael Gawell brings us three of his builds.  First up, is the Classic Airframes Mig 3 (this is the early version of the Mig 3) in 1/48 scale.  Next Michael brings us what he considers to be one of his best builds ever, definitely one of his favorites; the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 scale Ilyushin IL-2 Sturmovik (single seat variant).  Lastly he shows that the Hobbycraft Polikarpov I-16 Type 24 Rata in 1/48 scale does indeed build into a nice little kit.  This threesome was 3/5 of the starting lineup for VVS in the Great Patriotic War. - Mike and Tanya.  PS  Once again we must say Thank you to our ebullient web mistress for getting all this together.  THANK Q!!!!!

7/20/03 The Russians Are Coming!!!

Good evening.  We certainly could say the Russians are coming, and have arrived.  Our week of foreign and adversarial aircraft updates continues tonight with a super-update of five walk-arounds.  First off, the scourge of Mig-Alley, the Mig15Bis  although some of these are of the UTI variant, the essentials of an agile fighter craft are there, including the cockpit shots.  Next up, the Follow-up to the Mig-15, the Mig-17.  This beautifully restored aircraft is regularly seen flying the skies of Colorado.  The Next to trouble Airmen of the American and Allied Air Forces to any great extent was the Mig- 21  (Gimme a break, I have not found a Mig-19 as of yet)  The Russian airmen also had some favorite training aircraft, and since the fall of the Iron Curtain, many have been available to the west for fun and purchase.  The standard Jet trainer for the Warsaw Pact Countries, the L-39 is seen here, as well as a Yak-52 which strangely shows off the well known markings of LA-5 ace Captain Georgi D. Kostylev of the 3rd Guards Aviation Regiment, VVS.  If this was snapped in back and white, you could almost swear it was a photo from the great patriotic war!!  Dasvidanya!! - Mikhail

7/16/03 

Foreign aircraft week continues here at US-Aircraft.com.  Like most military history enthusiasts and  modelers, my interests extend beyond just the United States Military forces to understanding the totality of military history.  It encompasses naval, armor, and airpower from across the globe.  To this end, we have established the Foreign Aircraft Gallery, and hopefully in the future will add both armor and naval model galleries.  In the Foreign Aircraft Gallery tonight, we welcome Michael Gawell's Hasagawa 1/48 scale Macchi C. 202.  In addition, we have made a table for each of the major combatant air forces from the 20th century for easier web crawling.  Finally tonight, in celebration of this expansion of the US-Aircraft.com world view, we are also adding an aircraft walkaround of a fully restored Fieseler Fi-156 Storch.  I hope you will enjoy it.  Stay tuned the BEST is yet to come!!! - cheers  - Mike and Tanya

7/15/03

Good evening.  Tonight we start to get back on track.  We bring you some more of Earl Hosmer's work on the A-4 Sky Hawk, and have reconstructed the page into a more useable format.  We also added some additional photos for the A-4 F, A-4L, and A-4P Sky Hawks.  Also since we modelers are a strange breed, not wanting to stay with any particular nation (and the fact I have a few goodies I REALLY want to show off in the near future) US-Aircraft is introducing the Foreign Aircraft Model Gallery.  Oh sure we gave "Awesome National Champion" Steve Lawson (he hates when I call him that!) his own gallery, but now we can all get in the act.  The first entry is a Hawker Hunter by Earl Hosmer.  Thanks for being patient with us over the last 2 months while we caught our breath.  There are TONS more exciting things to come soon, and I have a LOT of walkarounds on the way soon courtesy of the Hill AFB Museum, and my camera.  -  Cheers - Mike

7/9/03

Good Evening all.  We start this month with a regular feature, the July 2003 IPMS newsletter  Also to follow on we move back into the library, and yet another book to review, and I reccommend it to all.  This one is War in the Air book reviewed  by Mike Gawell.  I just received back from the developer the shots from the Longmont CO  EAA Fly in, so look for those shots soon.  Also, a number of walk arounds will be posted soon. - JUST IN:  I just received this note: US-Aircraft's Very own AWESOME Steven Lawson has placed 1st  at the Oklahoma City 2004 IPMS Nationls. The piece that won was in the aircraft diorama class titled 'The Order of the Wooden Cross'  the crash of Alb. D.V 2042/17 17
July 1918.   Congratulations Steve.  Well Done!  To see some of his work, and why we call him AWESOME, check out the Modelers Gallery.

6/10/03

First of all, let me offer apologies here from US-Aircraft.com for the hiatus and not updating the site for about 2 months.  We were unfortunantly just genuinely overwhelmed with life issues beyond the aviation world, and the demands that life forces upon each and everyone of us at one time or another.  Plainly put, there was just no time left for the web site.  To get us started back on the road to regular updates, we shall catch up on our reading, and tonight we submit to you the last 2 issues of the Rob Wolf IPMS Chapter Newsletter better known as the A.M.S. chronicle.

This for those who are following their programs would be the May Edition, and the now June Edition.  I hope you enjoy the articles herein, and I promise that we will have some great stuff in the future.  I happened to be able to drop into a place called Gray Bull, Wyoming last week while on official travel status in my job.  If you are not familiar with the name, I am sure you will find the photos interesting as This is the home to the Firebombers, and I was able to get some great photos of the PB4Y-2, the old Minnesota Planes of Fame A-26, a C-189, and a PBY Catalina that is being restored.  They happened to have at least 40-50 other very large warbirds in the "back 40" awaiting restoration or to use for parts.  Also a big THANK YOU for our very overworked webmistress Tanya for here doing this update for us all.  Cheers - Mike

4/18/03

Good Evening.  Today marks the 2nd Anniversary of US-Aircraft.com's Launch onto the web.  I want to thank each and every one of you that visits, and for those who have found this to be a good home away from home, doubly so.  Tonight we thought the best way to celebrate would be to give some interesting photos that will be of great use to those who build models, and of good interest to those who love aviation.  These are some great detail shots of a P-51 Mustang in New Mexico.  I hope this will help all of you with that new 1/24 Mustang kit!  Cheers - Mike

4/8/03

Good evening once again.  More Family Photos for your enjoyment tonight.  First we bring you some photos from Mike Gawell who managed to witness a Multiple Launch Rocket System Test Shoot down at White Sands, NM, last August.  These weapons have played a key role in the Gulf War II.  They are extremely powerful artillery systems.  Next up we bring you this month's installment of the AMS Chronicle, AKA the April 2003 Denver IPMS Newsletter.  There is a good article on the Skyhawk in there.  Lastly we hear once again from Michael Gawell who managed to get extremely up close and personal with a P-38H Lightning Walkaround  How he managed to get in the cockpit is a wonder...EVERY modeler's dream.  Way to go !!! - Cheers - Mike

4/7/03

Good Evening (or morning depending where you are)  Today we take a stroll back to the Family Photos Section.  Major Lynnette Gawell has provided us with some more interesting  Photos of United States Airpower mostly out of Kadena AFB as they refueled from her squadron's aircraft.  I hope you enjoyed our April Fools day funny.  No we are not going to the "dark side" of Luftwaffe Aircraft. - cheers - Mike

4/1/03

That's IT!!! We Quit, Seems Everyone likes the Bf-109, so if ya can't beat 'em....Join em!!!  From Now on we are doing EVERYTHING LUFTWAFFE, and Wermacht!  It will be indepth discussions of the best Bf-109 kit, and which version of RLM 65 is the true RLM-65.  Maybe we will even find the VERY elusive RLM 80, and 81 combinations.  To Start us off here is a Glorious Walkaround of todays' Modern Luftwaffe, a Panavia Tornado from a Tiger Meet.  In our Modeler's Gallery, we have our First Submissions, and first off the runway is a Heinkle He111 from KGr 100 in the Battle of Britian.  Here is another shot.  We also have a photo of a Heinkle that is Still Flying!!!  But we won't Stop There!!!  To really get this new direction going, Let's View a Model Gallery Submission of a Bf-109 E-3 as Flown by Han's Phillip.  And to finally top off the new direction of the Web Site and it's Launch, Here are some Walk Around shots of a Casa HA-1112 as done up as a Bf-109E-7.  Here is one last one Click Here  I hope you like this BOLD new Direction today April 1, 2003.  Horrido!!! - Mike

PS - April fools day is today too!  Have a Great Day!!! - Mike

3/9/03

Today, well actually over the 8th and 9th, we have put up some additional updates.  First, we have found a walk around of a Canadian FA-18 Hornet .  This was shot at the Tiger Meet that was in Colorado about a year and a half ago.  This is one really colourful bird, and if not in decals, it SHOULD be.  What a great job the Canadians did!  We also have put up a couple shots in the Modeler's Gallery of the Tamiya P-47 by Dan Salamone.  Talking to Dan, he says it's a great kit.  Also another great build with a few photos; a F4U-1D by Clinton B. Bauer flying off the U.S.S. Intrepid.  I am going to have to work harder at the craft to get up to the standards all of you have set.  Great work gentlemen! - Cheers - Mike

3/6/03

Today we present to you a new addition to The Library.  G.G. O'Rourke's Night Fighters Over Korea is reviewed by Mike Gawell.  A book on a seldom discussed portion of the Korean War.  Also for your reading pleasure, the IPMS Denver-RobWolf Chapter's March 2003 Newsletter, better known as the AMS Chronicles.  That should keep you busy for a while! - Cheers - Mike

3/5/03

Tonight, a single entry.  In the IPMS section under Kit Reviews Mike Gawell brings to you a full build review with photos of the Eduard P-400 Airacobra as finished in a 67th Fighter Squadron Guadalcanal scheme that is tough to beat in an eye-grabbing way. - Cheers! -  Mike.

As a speical, The 5th of March is a day to honor the guy who REALLY made US-Aircraft.com possible  My dad  Today is his Birthday.  Happy Birthday Dad.

3/2/03

Well, here we are again, Are you SURE the wives, daughters, and such are locked away?  Tonight we finish our tribute to the U.S. Navy.  First another of the Walk Arounds from the Late, Great Jay Mack, one of Denver IPMS's finest.  45 shots of two of the still airborne F6F-5 Hellcats.  To finish out the World War II strike capable aircraft in the walk around section, Mike Gawell submits for your viewing pleasure a complete walk around with cockpit and turret shots of a TBM-3E Avenger.  OK, I know there are a few fans of the Big Tailed Beast out there...If you have shots of a Helldiver, we could use them!  We here at US-Aircraft.com, as you know cover more than World War II aircraft however.  We also like the ships.  Here is Mike Gawell's triple play from the Baltimore Inner Harbor, the USS Constellation, USS Torsk, and the Lightship Chesapeake.  (Say who's that good looking guy with the really big Cannon?)  OK, so it's a cheese shot...  If you have any walkarounds, of ships, Tanks, aircraft, regardless of country, send them on in, and we will find room for them Cheers, and Tally Ho!- Mike

2/12/03

OK, Like I said on the Navy/Marine Aircraft discussion board, the Navy's in town, so lock up thoses wives, and daughters!!!  We have walk-arounds today for the Grumman F4F-3/FM-1Wildcat courtesy of the late Jay Mack, who was a fantastic DJ here in Denver at KOSI 105 (Great Oldies Station), and who happened to be an extremely avid and talented modeler also.  Jay also left to the Denver Rob Wolfe IPMS club photos of 2 FG1-D Corsairs.  These were shot at Planes of Fame east when it was still around in St. cloud Minnesota.  Thanks Jay, we will miss you. God Speed on your flight west.  We will have a few more he left to the club soon.  This last August I managed to get up close and personal with a Korean War veteran at the war eagles Museum in Santa Anna NM, Here is their airworthy F4U-4 Corsair.  Our next update will round out the U.S. Naval Combat Aircraft of WWII that we have been able to shoot.  Cheers - Mike

2/8/03

Today we offer the "100,000th Visitor contest.  A free GHOSTS screen Saver to the 100,000th Visitor.  Just take a screen shot, and email it to me at mgawell@us-aircrft.com See the General Discussion Board for more details.

2/5/03

Good Evening all Our first Update for the Month starts out with a huge THANKS to each one of you.  Apparently in December we passed the 100,000 visitors mark according to the stats provided by our web hosting service.  Check out the information on the General Discussion Board for a contest, and how we are handling this.  Tonight we bring you the latest edition of the AMS Chronicle AKA the February 2003 Denver-Rob Wolf Chapter IPMS Newsletter.  Thanks to our lovely Lady T Web Master Extrordinaire for updating the site while I enjoyed a fine IPMS meeting complete with a video of the Soviet VVS Museum shot by one of our members.  Now THERE is a museum.  Fantastic Meeting.  Again Thanks, and give your thoghts on the contest we will hold.  -  Cheers.....  Mike

1/12/03

Wow!  Our Web Mistress has been busy!  So have you guys!  The additions to the modeler's gallery are the proof.  I will have to get moving to keep up!  This evening, Ryan Boerema brings us a few more of his great photostop works.  First a Bell P-39 Airacobra is in dire trouble over Bouganville in the Solomons.  Next Ryan has a Hawk 75 or also known as a Curtiss P-36A that has lost it's bid to outfight a Grumman F4F Wildcat over North Africa.  A Republic P-47 has found it's way into trouble, and it's pilot may soon be a guest of the Luftstalag.  The price of breaking the wrong way.  George Preddy shows how to do it right in his P-51 Mustang "Cripes a Mighty".  The final vignette is a superb action stop of 2 Curtiss P-40s over North Africa taking on a Macchi MC 202 in a head on pass.  Thanks for taking a look, and thanks to Ryan for all his fantastic work.  Cheers - Mike.

1/09/03

Good Evening everyone.  We thought we would start tonight with a real feelgood shot/hooroah type thing we call Fly By USA submitted by USAF Maj. Lynette Gawell, yes a relation (sister).  This is a flight of T-38s over Randolph AFB in TX.  Next Ryan Boerema has another great photoshop vignette for us featuring a F4U-1D in the Navy/Marine Gallery called Off LeShima.  Our final submission for the night is a rare Boeing P-26 Peashooter in Phillipean markings by Tony Feredo in the Army/Air Force Gallery.  After viewing the work by these guys, and just finishing a Dewoitine D520 last night, I am MOTIVATED!!!!  Might just have to pull that Hobbycraft P-26 out myself.  I added a new section of links to the Links Links and more Links area.  These are all for those of you who enjoy flying your computer when not researching history or building models or visiting US-aircraft.com ;)  Most importantly I would like to welcome The Scenery Hall of Fame to the links area.  They have some interesting downloads for CFS-2, namely Carriers like the Lexington, Essex, etc.

I want to thank our hard workin' Web Mistress Lady T for all the work she has done getting this stuff up.  she is pretty busy, yet still found time to make it all look much better than I did in the system.   Cheers  -  Mike

1/07/03

Good Evening.  Tonight we experience a rare treat.  This is a Scratch Built model of the USS Texas as done by Derek Brown of the Rob Wolf Chapter, IPMS.  The photos and model are by Derek Brown in the Ships section of the modelers gallery.The photos as great as they are, just do not do the justice to this model.  It is first rate work, and an inspiration to me personally as to what is possible.  The detail is just incredible.  I believe that you can see more of this work, and how he did it in Fine Scale Modeler Magazine.  Thanks Derek!  Cheers - Mike and Tanya

1/06/03

First of all Tanya and I would like to wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year from US-Aircraft.com.  To Start this new year out correctly, we would like to offer you a glimpse of the San Diego Area.  Professional photographer Richard Leek was there recently, and graciously took some photos for the web site.  We present to you The Richard Leek Collection.  These are in the Family Photos Section.  Also we catch up with the news and the goings on of the Denver based Rob Wolf Chapter of the IPMS via the news letter.  First is the December 2002 news letter, and also this month's news in the January 2003 edition of the AMS Chronicle.

 

12/07/02

Good Evening.  Today we solemnly remember Pearl Harbor on the 61st anniversary of the Attack.  In observation of Pearl Harbor Day and to honor the valiant men who fought there, we bring to you additions for the Pearl Harbor Gallery.  First Nathan Milarta, and Bill Dedig have completed the Curtiss P-40B/C for the gallery entitled Heroes.  This is a great way to side by side compare both the Revell-Monogram, and Hobby Craft kits, as well as comparing history vs. Hollywood.  Nathan has been incredibly busy and also built the R-M Vought OS2U Kingfisher in 1/48 scale.  Just to complete the victory pass, Nathan has built an outstanding Hobby Craft Curtiss P-36A in the livery of the aircraft flown by Lt. Rasmussen on December 7th.  If you find his work inspirational, and would like to do your own P-40, may I humbly submit to you a walk around of a REAL P-40!  This is the Santa Teresa, New Mexico War Eagles Museum Curtiss P-40E.  I was fortunant to be allowed to get very up close and personal with the aircraft, but sorry no keys to the cockpit, and a somewhat lousy camera, but most shots are worth it!!  If you are building the AM Tech P-40E, you will want to see these shots.  We did the best we could shooting through the perspex canopy.  We also have a new discussion group topic of the month; Pearl Harbor to Midway, the first 6 months.  Let's have some fun, and discuss not only the well known, but the not so well known aspects of the darker days of WWII.  I want to also thank Lady T our web master who, though very ill, insisted we keep our observation today, albeit later in the day.  I hope you enjoy tonight's offerings.  Remember Pearl Harbor!! - Mike

11/22/02

Hello again, another Triple Header!  Tonight we bring you the latest from Everett McEwan of the Denver rob wolf IPMS Tonight he displays for us his Bombcat F-14 and Kit Review.  You can read the Kit review, or go directly to the Modeler's Gallery to see the photos.  If you want my $.02, read the review, trust me it's worth it!  Everett gave a class on how to make a canopy crystal clear with this baby to the rest of us last month, and provides links to the product web site.  I hope you enjoy his art as much as I do.  Cheers - Mike. 

PS  Thanks go to Tanya for the 3 nights in a row posting stuff for us!!!

 

11/21/02

Hello once again!  We are working our way down throught eh submissions.  Tonight we have another photoshop submission, a P-40 by Ryan Boerema Entitled Libya.  In this one the Allies once again are victorious over the "eye ties" in the form of a P-40B/C over a Fiat G50.  Great Work Ryan!  Also we are honored to present for your veiwing inspiration one of the best model builders in the US.  Earl Hosmer of the Denver Rob Wolf Chapter gives us the 90% complete result of his A-4 Douglas A-4 Skyhawk project.  Included are images of an A4A, A4L, and A4M.  You can see the final project at the 2003 NATS.  Trust me his, work is beyond compare.  I DREAM of being that good.  Enjoy!  Mike and Tanya

11/20/02

Good November to all of you.  Seems the year is speeding by now.  This evening's first entry is a very clever use of Photoshop by Ryan Boerema: Brewster F2A Buffalo in a piece entitled Finn Win as a Finnish F2A of LeLv 24 defeats a Russian Yak 9 in the Navy/Marine Aircraft Gallery.  Next we would like to bring a spotlight on a young, and upcoming modeller Mr. Nathan Milarta.  Nathan has been very active on the dicussion boards, and now shows us his prowess with the plastic arts.  He begins by bringing the Army and Airforce Aircraft Gallery into the jet age with his F-5A Freedom Fighter in 48th scale.  Next is a Korean War vintage fighter bomber, the F-84E Thunderjet.  Also just to show Air Superiority in a colourful rendition of a F-89C Scorpion  I ALMOST had a chance a few days ago to do a walk around of a F-89.  I will get one soon - Promise.  To finish off the jet age entries, Nathan has completed a well executed F-94 Starfire.  I need to have him explain natural metal finishes to me!!  To show you exactly what I mean, he also shows his abilities to do NMF aircraft in the early WWII era with a Seversky P-35, and Phil Rasmussen's Pearl Harbor Curtis P-36A.  If all these fantastic submissions are NOT enough, we have finally, the November 2002 IPMS Newsletter from the Denver-Rob Wolf Chapter.  Have a GREAT Thanksgiving if you happen to celebrate it (as here in the USA), and we will talk soon with more - Mike and Tanya

10/23/02

As promised, some of the backlog of submissions is being cleared.  Tonight, in our Modeler's Gallery we bring you a montage of Galleria by Amos Terrill.  First on the block, in the US Navy and Marine Aircraft Modeler's Gallery, He brings us a well executed Grumman F4F Wildcat as flown by Ens. Stephen Groves.  Next Amos opens a few new catagories in our Gallery for Army/Airforce Aircraft.  The Galleries for the  P-51 Mustang  is started with 4 wild ponies as flown by Maj. Duane Beeson, Capt. John Godfrey (King of Strafers and Author of Tumult in the Clouds), Maj. Leonard "Kit" Carson, and Col. John C. Meyer.  P-47's?  You want Jugs?  Check out Amos's P-47 "Smokepole" as flown by Lt. Hal Dunning.  Lets finish up with a well executed P-38J by Amos done in the colors of Maj. Thomas McGuire.  Well done Amos, and thanks for the submissions.

Cheers

Mike and Tanya

10/22/02

Well we are a bit tardy, but here is the "monthly update".  Time has not been kind to us, so we have lots from many, and we ARE getting to it.  Coming soon are additions to the galleries, and walkarounds, but I am going to have our esteemed webmistress do the submissions before we get to my stuff.  Today we have a good selection of photographs from our resident expert "Awesome" Steve Lawson.  (The Dr. is in!)  Steve has been gracious enough to loan US-aircraft.com photographs from his travels, and times with the Lafayette Foundation, a WWI aircraft group here in Colorado with flying replica WWI fighter craft.  Not enough for a walkaround, but good photos none the less.  We present the Lawson Collection.  They will be located with the Walkarounds.  Also we have posted a walkaround of a 7/8 flying replica S.E.5a 10 photos.  (Say "Awsome", who's that guy by the cockpit??!)

Also we have posted for your reading enjoyment the last few issues of the Denver Rob Wolf IPMS chapter newsletter.  These are the August, September, and October editions of the A.M.S. Chronicle.  I hope that will keep everyone busy here for at least a few minutes of their web surfing time.  Thanks again to Tanya for all her hard work on the site.  She also corrected the counter to reflect reality, and we ARE going to move to a more accurate counter soon.  Might just have to have a contest for the 100,000th person!

Cheers

Mike and Tanya

 

9/26/02

Good day. Today we bring you finally a walk around we wanted to get up almost from the beginning. Due to some SNAFUs with with software systems of emails, and such we had the walk arounds, but could not access them for whatever reason. Tom Matlosz brings us a very good walkaround of a SBD-3 Dauntless from the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola Florida. If you ever wanted to get close to the aircraft that turned the Pacific war in a single day at Midway, here is your chance. SBD-3.htm  There is more to come, so keep checking back! Cheers - Mike and Tanya

 

9/18/02

Today's installment of the show that never ends is part of the effort to clear the back log of submissions sent to US-Aircraft.com.  There is more, so if yours is not there yet, relax, we are coming to it soon.  First off we bring you in the Rob Wolfe IPMS chapter section, we bing you 3 new kit reviews by Dale Summers.  They are the Dassault Falcon 50 in 1/48 scale kitbashed from various kits, the Trumpeter Badger TU-16, and the Eduard Bf108 Taifun.  Sorry no photos.  On the lighter side, we add to the section that used to be called Stupid Pilot Tricks in the Family Photos Section, and we shall now call Military Intellegence.  There are captions, that if you can give us a better one, we will use them instead.  This is generally designed to be the lighter side of Military/airshow, etc. life through photos.  Occasionally we put something in there like the Stupid Taliban Tricks that fits no place else.  But hey let's face it...the US has air Superiority, and they wanted to move in day light????  Death is not funny, but as part of the war against terrorism, this has a satisfying feel to it.  (YES I KNOW it's not a BMP!!!)  Enjoy! - Mike

9/17/02

This change is the first of a few major ideas that will alter in some way the direction that US-aircraft.com is headed.  No, nothing major.  Call it US-aircraft.com and then some.  Actually we are now going to call the web page the Combined Arms History and Modeling Page.  Nothing more than widening our fields of interest to allow for a better world view of US military history and model making.  We kick off our change with a new catagory to our modeler's gallery.  Armor.  I would like to welcome Matt Malorgorski and his 1/87th scale Roco kit version of the United States Lance Missile and M667 Launcher.  Matt chose to portray the system as used by the Isreali Defense Forces.   I am personally partial to this weapon system, since it is the system I commanded during my time in the United States Army.  Matt did an fantastic job with the kit, and brought back a few good memories for myself personly.  If your interested, there is a photo of a Lance shoot in the Family Photos section.  I have also initiated a new discussion topic on our rotating board, US Civillian Aircraft, and made surfability back and forth with our sister site j-aircraft.com easier from the boards as requested.  The previous rotating subjects of the War over Afganistan, and the MTO are still there, you just have to use the search and preference functions to go back to them.  feel free to always comment or ask questions on those topics.  Finally, I would like to congratulate the AWSOME Steve Lawson who took best of show, along with more than a couple first places at the Grand Junction Modeler's show for his work.  Check it out in his very own Model Galleries.  As we head into prime model making and research season, enjoy the waning summer, (or winter if your down under).  Cheers - Mike

8/5/02

OK so as you all probably know each major air show usually has a sponsor or two to defray the cost of bringing in all the aircraft.  Air Show Colorado 2002 is no different.  Tonight we have a sponsor that actually is IN the show.  The first demonstration of sheer prowess with the avionic forces of nature though was a Steen Skybolt.  I used to find these acts rather boring personally, but in the last few years have garnered a deep appreciation for the skill, and strength of these what I call Obligatory Stunt Pilot shows of daring do.  Now the sponsor.  After the Skybolt had landed, and before the collective audience could catch their collective breath, or get through the refreshment line, here came the Pepsi Chipmink flight demonstration.  This guy was GOOD, and in my humble opinion, a bit reckless.  When it is THAT hot out, you need to correct your altitude.  This act came within 10-30 feet a few times of giving everyone a few more memories of the airshow than anyone would have wanted.  While I have an appreciation of their craft, and skill, I have no desire to watch another hot dog pilot auger in.  The Pepsi Chipmunk Aerobatic act though definitively showed us the spheres of iron that the pilot had been born with.  Well I missed the Lischer Aerobatic act, but from the line I was in to buy my obligatory Alph Strike T-shirt, and toys, the act looked interesting.  Then as I made my way back to the rest of where Air Power West had gathered, we were to behold the true profficency of flight, and formation that is the United States Navy Blue Angels.  Their World famous act was something to behold, and I beleive that our headlining photo-journal piece of about 50 some images captured the essense of these professionals.  I salute them, and their ground team.  These Guys were GREAT!!!  Please enjoy all the links, soon I will pass on to you some of the good natured shots of how to enjoy an airshow just like a member of Air Power West hehehe.  For now please enjoy the performance.  Cheers - Mike